In 1992 IBM showcased the IBM Simon at the 1992 COMDEX (Computer Dealers’ Exhibition);as the originator of the idea for the IBM Simon, Canova has been described as the inventor of the smartphone; patented with a priority date of 13 November 1992 (US5537608 A patent) [official date of invention instead of date of commercialisation] in doing so they introduced the world to the first smartphone and it was just the kind of enormous brick one would expect from the first phone/computer mashup; the Simon included a calendar, address book, fax modem, calculator, notepad, an email app, and simple games; it also had a completely touchscreen-based interface (3″ inches on the diagonal with a resolution of 160×293 pixels) with a touch keyboard that sported a very early predictive typing algorithm. You could even expand the memory with a PCMCIA laptop memory card. It retailed for $899 ($1340 adjusted for inflation).
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In 1992 IBM showcased the IBM Simon at the 1992 COMDEX (Computer Dealers’ Exhibition);as the originator of the idea for the IBM Simon, Canova has been described as the inventor of the smartphone; patented with a priority date of 13 November 1992 (US5537608 A patent) [official date of invention instead of date of commercialisation] in doing so they introduced the world to the first smartphone and it was just the kind of enormous brick one would expect from the first phone/computer mashup; the Simon included a calendar, address book, fax modem, calculator, notepad, an email app, and simple games; it also had a completely touchscreen-based interface (3″ inches on the diagonal with a resolution of 160×293 pixels) with a touch keyboard that sported a very early predictive typing algorithm. You could even expand the memory with a PCMCIA laptop memory card. It retailed for $899 ($1340 adjusted for inflation).
source: https://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/what-was-the-first-smartphone/